Excellent points. These companies are morally bankrupt and can't be trusted. If they did make excellent and safe products, then they would soon make their own good reputation. But these people in China and Ireland don't have the abilities or the desire to do that. They are looking for a quick buck from the gullible.
Having looked at the website for the company in China, it's not obvious that they are the actual manufacturers. They have no production certificates or inspected production capability. Also, the inspection states they are a Trader and the company started in 2010 - while their marketing blurb says they do manufacture and started in 2000. They also claim to have a $50-$100 million turnover which would be truly remarkable for a company that no-one knew about of 2 years ago...
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But actually, there is another problem. Under the European Cosmetic Directive, any cosmetic product has to be registered and the Responsible Person who imports into Europe must hold all MSDS and the Product Information File - the PIF contains ingredients, toxicology, chemical formula etc. The PIF is a new requirement that takes effect in July 2013. It is highly likely that some "manufacturers" may not have access to the chemical formula's and as such will not be able to sell those products after this date.
In addition, any person importing cosmetic product from one European country into another, for example when buying Bluesky from Ireland and bringing to the UK, has a legal responsibility to ensure the product meets the EU Cosmetic Directives product labelling requirements and also holds all the MSDS (and the MSDS must be in a specific format and contain specific information - the MSDS shown on one of the Bluesky factory websites does not seem to meet this specification).
Now, if someone imports a product that does not meet EU Cosmetic law, even if it's for their own salon use, they leave themselves open to being sued if the product causes any health issues on clients. As others have said, it is unlikely that your insurance will protect you.
Having looked at the Bluesky Europe Facebook page, I see more than 2,000 likes. I wonder how many of those people, or actual Bluesky customers also complain about low-cost salons using non-standard product? :irked:
We've calculated the cost of material for our Gellini gel polish service to be about £0.65 per customer - that includes cost of using sanitizer, nail prep, base gel, 2 color layers, top gel and gel wipe. Our prices are higher than Bluesky, but not as high as others. As a quick estimate I would guess the cost of materials for a service using Bluesky would cost between £0.35 to £0.45.
So the difference in cost per customer between using professional gel polish and a cheap product, is less than £0.50. Now consider this - is your reputation and the additional risk worth saving 50p? If it is - then you should not be in business and be damaging the reputation of the nail industry.
But is it actually worth it for you? Presumably it takes you the same amount of time to apply.
